Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-13

DONGEON
 There was a strong brotherly feeling among the East Tennesseeans, and not less in our party. So the division of the food-a matter of great importance--was scrupulously fair, the weak getting as much as any of the rest. There was but q tiny fragment. of corn bread and still smaller slice of unsavory meat for each, not one-fourth as much as I could have eaten with the hearty appetite I still re- tained. 1 felt hungrier after devOur- ing it than before. It was now nearly 9 o'clock, and we were told by the old citizens of the jail that meals were only served twice a day, and that we would get no more till the middle of the afternoon. They also encouraged us by saying that after we had been in there for a month or two, we would not feel so hungry! Itwas not hard to believe this; in fact, we thought that less time than that would cure our hunger forever!
 There was now a feeble glimmer of light in our den, by means of which we could form better idea of it's character than on the preceding evening. But there was nothing reassuring in the survey. Our eyes had become used to the feeble twilight which was all that ever visited us here, and we could look on each other s pallid faces. The Union men had not been able to change their garments for months; no water was ever given to them or to us for washing; and their faces wore look of hopeless misery. in the majority of cases, which was terribly pathetic. Under no circumstances did our spirits sink so low, or did we suffer so much from mere imprisonment, as did these men. The very danger we were in, the assurance that our fate, one way or the other, would probably be determined in a short time, the confidence in our own power to make q bold strike for freedom if the faintest chance was allowed, and still more the sense of comradeship, and the interest in telling our stories, and cheering each other-all these contributed to make us bear up courageousIy.
 During the day G. D. Wilson, Dorsey, Buffum, Bcnsinger, Porter and Hawkins came in. They told an interesting series of adventures. After capture they were taken to Ringgold, and the same evening to Marietta, where they had been placed in prison but little inferior in every vile element to our present abode. They were guarded by heavy force of cadets from the military school at Marietta, and nar rowly escaped mob. They finally heard Q clanking of chains, and were called out
 
 also handcuffed. Then they were take1 l north over the line of our fiery chase, ant stopped at Dalton. While waiting here some of the ladies came with their ser wants and brought them Q really frs class supper. This was one of the few pleasant incidents in this part of our his 1 tory. Dorsey complains that he and hi companions were not accustomed to ca | with irons on, and that they were no very graceful. The ladies probably ex l crlsed them, for two of their number drev I near and talked with them, weepin! freely. One lady gave Dorsey rose which he preserved as long as he could l There was mob outside threatening t. attack them, and seemingly the mob en ragged by the presence of the ladies. Blu the guards withstood braTely, and the reached Chattanooga in safety, wher they were taken to 2 hotel to ava orders, and the landlord at his own COS gave them good breakfast. Then the were brought to us in the Swims jail o
 the way through the crowded street, wit their chains, loud voiced man called ou
 ''Will them hounds hunt?" Had tic
 been free he might soon have learned.